Does anything make sense anymore? What a mess man.

On a macro level, the assessment metric of million ton-moles per day is exceptionally useful for things like budgeting and ordering replacement parts.

But on a micro level, when looking at capacity to fill SPECIFIC missions, it fails miserably.

Multiple smaller airlift missions, in the macro level, count the same as one big mission. But multiple smaller missions need multiple airlifters in multiple locations (plus the support for them - which has its own logistical requirements).

I ain't a logistics guy, a flier, or an Air Force guy. But it sure sounds to me like they are using macro accounting to determine micro capability. I won't say it's a recipe for disaster, but I'm pretty sure Gordon Ramsay would say "I wouldn't trust you running a bath, let alone a [logistics hub]."

Once again decisions made by bean counters is biting operations in the butt!